Metal-bound box



O. M. BABCOCK.

METAL BOUND BOX.

APPLICATION F ILED MAR. 27. 1914.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

' Java/ZZZ? and resident of Chicago, Cook county, I lli- UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER M. BABCOCK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS SIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO WIBEIBOUNDS PATENTS COMPANY, OF KITTERY, MAINE, ACORPORATION OF MAINE.

METAL-BOUND BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

Application filed March 27, 1914. Serial No. 827,565.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itiknown that I, OLIVER M. BABoocx, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica,

nois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in 'Metal-BoundBoxes, of which the following is'a specification.

This invention is intended to provide certain improvements in metalbound boxes, and the method of their construction, and to provide animproved box adapted for packaging material-such as tea, sugar, orfabrics, clothes and other articles and materials.

The invention will be more clearly understood by reference to anillustrative embodi- Fig. 2 is a detail of a box and binding stripfastening.

" The illustrative box comprises four side one side by sections composedof side material and cleats connected together in foldable relationshipby flexible metal strips, the sheets, cleats and strips being soassembled that the cleat ends mutually engage and the side sheets meetwith overlapping edges. L1 As usual in such constructions the sidesheets, as well as the ends or top and bottom, may be composed of lightandcheap material such as thin lumber, veneer, cardboard or the like,the material being reinforced on the cleats and on the other side by thebinding material.

The side-forming sheets may be assembled in sets such as E, E E and F,F, F which are held together by the wires, metal bands G or otherflexible binding members hereinafter referred to as; binding strips. Theside-forming sheets, binding means and cleats A are-preferably assembledin correct relationship and secured together in a box blank machine ofknown type wherein the assembled materials are fed under a gang ofstapling mechanism, the binding strips being laid upon the materials,and the whole secured together to form a foldable' box blank. The cleatsA are shown inset in the head of the box, although they may be otherwisearranged such as flush with the more pieces and may be rigidly securedto which, as shown in the illustration, are disposed at right anglesrelatively to the "strips G. These strips G may, if preferred,completely encircle the box.

In all cases the strips may be secured to the box blanks or ends and theends of the strips themselves may be joined or fastened in place bymeans of'staples, nails or the like passing completely through the metalor straddling the sameand also preferably passing completely through thebox blank material; they may be fastened by other suitable means asfound desirable in any particular case.

,The strips G and G are preferably applied in a heated condition so asto obtain benefit of the tightening or bindingaction which will occurwhen they cool. The invention, however, is notlimited to theapplication'of the strips in a heated condition, as they might be quiteoonveniently applied in a cold statel The strips G according to oneconstruction are secured by their ends G to the sides of the box byholding means such as nails, staples, or the like, and are sodisposedthat the holding means engage the cleats A. after passingthrough the strips and the box sides E, E1, E2.

In a construction shown in Fig. '2, holes, preferably two in number andside by side, may be drilled through the metal strips and the side ofthe box so that by passing a; continuous length of wire or otherconnector through the holes (for exam le in through one and out throughthe other and securing it by twisting its ends or otherwise, the stripends or the box end may be secured in place.

To enable the box. to be more readily adapted for sugar, tea orothersimilar articles, it may be lined as at H with paper,

lead foil or other flexible lining or if the box is to be used for heavyarticles it may be llned with any suitable stout or thick material suchas sacking. The same feature of gether with the other parts of the box.In-

applying a lining may be embodied in the portions or sections J, J ,'oreven in more than two portions or sections. The portion J is preferablyrigidly secured to the box sides or to the cleats A when the box isassembled, by nails or staples or in any other convenient manner, whileI the portion J serves as a lid, the hinges of which are constituted bythe strips Gr secured to and connecting the portions J and J After thebox has been filled with the material which it is intended to'accommodate, the lid portion J may be secured to thebox, as previouslydescribed. The portion J ma be used .as a lid durin packing or unpac ingof the contents an the box may be used many times over. The end may beformed of more than two sections, for instance, the portion'J might beinterposed between two portions J, in which event the box would beprovided with two openings instead of one. This construction might beuseful if it were desired-to divide. the box into two parts by apartitign to accommodate two different substances for shipment orstorage. I It will be understood that the boxblanks may be made bywiring the different side sections thereof together by successivestapling operations thereon, in any suitable 1 known orapproved manner,as by carrying the blanks .forWardbelow a plurality of staplers. If asheet of paper is to be applied to the box, to form a lining or innerwrapper therefor, the said sheet can be incorporated in the blank whilethe four sections thereof are being wired together by the successivestapling operations. This can be done, for example, by feeding the paperfrom a roll to the advancing blank, and in such manner that the paperand the blank materials advance in a step-by-step manner belowthestaplers, whereby the staples will fasten the wires and veneer andcleats and sheet of paper together. The paper can thenbe cut or severedat the rear end of the blank, and theresultis a flexible wire boundblank having a sheet of paper extending from one end thereof to theother,

thereby providing a tight box when the box" is finished. The sheet ofaper can be fed in between the cleats an the sheets of veneer, orbetween the veneer and the binding wires, depending upon the characterof the paper and the particularuse or purpose for which the box is to beemployed. I he paper can be of a water-proof nature, if

necessary, and any other suitable known or 1 approved sheet material canbe employed for this purpose.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A. metal-bound box, substantially asdescribed, in which one of the ends is formed in a plurality of portionsand binding means connecting them, certain of which portions may berigidly secured in place while another .portion may serve as a lidutilizing the binding strips as hinges.

2. A box comprising sheets, cleats and binders having one side formed ina plurality of sections foldably connected by the binders, one of saidsections being free to be folded with respect to an adjacent boxportion, whereby a reinforced box having a foldable lid is provided. Y I

3. In a metalbound box, the combination of a binder having overlappingends and a fastener therefor comprlslng a wire loop encircling a.portion of the box side contiguous to said binder, and havingits legspassing through apertures in said overlappmg ends and twisted togetherto tightly confine said overlapping ends.

4. A metal bound box comprising rela tively foldable sections forfour-sides of the box, having coopprating end cleats, and connectedtogether y box encircling bindings; the cleats at one end of the boxbeing inset from the corresponding edges ofthe side sections; and a boxhead or end embraced by said side sections and applied to the outerfaces of said inset cleats.

5. A metal bound, box comprising relatively foldable sections forfour-sides of the box, having cooperating end cleats, and connectedtogether by box encircling bindings; the cleats being inset from thecorrespond.- ing edges of the side sections; and box heads or endsembraced by said side sections and appliedto the outer faces of thecleats; a box head including a removable section and fastening meanstherefor.

6. A metal boundnbox comprising relatively foldable sections for foursides of the box, having cooperating end cleats, and connected togetherby box encircling bindings; 110

ends embraced by said side sections and applied to the outer faces ofthe cleats;and means separably fastening a box head to cleats.

7. A metal bound box comprising rela-. tively foldable sections for foursides of the box, having cooperating end cleats, and connected togetherby box encircling bindings; the cleats being inset from thecorresponding edges of the side sections; box heads or ends embraced bysaid side sections and applied to'the-outer faces ofthe cleats; andtransverse reinforcing members secured to said headand to opposite sidesections.

' 8. A box having four sides and a bottom,

metallic binding members extending around inset cleats at top and bottomof the box,

extending around the inside thereof, forming seats for said bottom andcover, the bottom and cover being fitted Within the sides. 9. A metalbound box having interior cleats framing the top and inset from the.

edge thereof, a metallic binding encircling the mouth of the box andsecured through the sides to said cleats, a cover resting on said cleatsflush with the box top and means for securing said cover.

10. An open-top box having interior cleats framing the top and insetfrom the edge thereof, a binding encircling the mouth of the box andsecured through the sides to said cleats, a cover resting on saidcleats, flush With the box top and means for securing said cover to saidbinding.

11. A box comprising side sections rein forced by lateral cleats matingto form boxsupporting frames and connected by boxencircling bindings anda closure therefor supported by the cleats and including a number ofsections foldably connected by bindings, a section being secured to saidcleats and another being free to fold relatively thereto on saidbindings.

12. A metal bound box comprising foldably related sections for foursides of the box having-cooperating end cleats and con nected togetherby box-encircling bindings; and an outwardly displaceable end sectionembraced by said side sections and separably secured in place.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this th day of March, 1914.

' OLIVER M. BABCOCK.

Witnesses:

RACHEL J. RICHARDSON,

Rose E. SEHNEM.

